Speaking Thai after learning for 20 hours + notebook tour 🇹🇭

A new Thai update video! Here's me trying to speak a few phrases totally unscripted, so you can see me stumble over my words. I also take you through my notebooks. Enjoy! 🇹🇭💕
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Timestamps:
00:00 intro
01:05 Introducing myself in Thai
02:56 Other phrases
04:44 My brain is weird
05:34 How I learn Thai
06:41 Notebook tour
09:58 Speaking a little bit more
10:43 Second notebook and months of the year
11:25 Why I am learning Thai & ending

[@chxrl5067]

This makes me feel so much better about my language learning. This is so real.

[@moth1560]

This is why you're the best language youtuber ☺ showing your progress is so real and inspiring

[@deutschmitpurple2918]

I totally agree with you. She is the best

[@peachshimmer]

I love this, because it's so hard to find unscripted language progress videos. I know people like to show their best, but it's so much more helpful as a learner to see how someone can actually work with the language purely off the top of their head. It's discouraging to see people showing their progress in the same amount of time as me, and they're speaking flawlessly because it's scripted and rehearsed.

[@bzylarisa]

I can't believe this is only after 20hrs of learning. You speak better Thai than me speaking my 100s hrs of French😂

[@jbhann]

Of course she’s going to speak Thai better than you…if you’re learning French. :)

[@khaschen]

@@jbhann He only spoke in comparison to the number of hours

[@jbhann]

@@khaschen …do you think you could you tell me the word puzzle clue of the sound of a joke going over someones head?

[@khaschen]

@@jbhann What do you mean ? I don't understand

[@jbhann]

@@khaschen ….the word would be _"whoosh,"_ because my comment was just a *joke* based on how lary_go phrased the top statement. Which is why I included the :) at the end.

[@annagagliardi5471]

When she said that she has a difficult time sleeping because of random words flying around in her head, I related to that so much!!! I haven't heard ANYONE else mention that before but it's so true!!! It tormented me for the longest time lol but thank goodness it stops after a while :)

[@pongpat_patiram4981]

You did it so great. as a native Thai. I understand how hard this language it could be for foreigners but I believe that you can do it!!​

[@italozavarella5460]

Lindie you are an exceptional lady, you show us what it means to make a decision to learn a language and persevere till you get there, thorough the mistakes you don't get discouraged and carry on full force. You are the language Queen of You Tube, a role model for all of us Thank you !!! Wishing you success 😃😃😃

[@Szandrie]

I showed this video to my Thai mom, who doesn't speak English, and she really thinks you're doing so well! Great pronunciation, fluency and just not stopping whenever you're searching for a word. You're getting your message out there which I find so inspiring and motivating! As I said, my mom doesn't speak English but she still understood you in this video due to your tone, face, hands, just describing the feelings you had when learning parts of the language (I still don't know the months haha...) She also thinks you're funny! Your humour and love of languages shines through. And that's what I think is an equally important key to communication, openness and body language and saying the words you do already know instead of trying to search for a perfect word or pronunciation. Thank you for always being an inspiration Lindie!

[@HonoreDeutsch]

That's impressive for just 20 hours. I've been learning German for 80 hours, but I can't even speak it for 5 minutes.

[@youilue]

i’m in the same situation with korean 😅

[@princessjessey4813]

Scream my name😞😩😩😩

[@bettyrichter95]

I really loved this video! Instead of bragging "I am fluent after XX days/weeks/months" you give us an exact status of what you can and what still needs improvement, as well as you goals in general. I always get motivated by watching your progress and diligence. Thank you. :)

[@teemethasit1395]

เก่งมาก ๆ ครับ ขอชื่นชมสำหรับความมุ่งมั่นในการเรียนภาษาไทย

[@tastymoves]

I've been learning Spanish for year and I feel like your Thai is already better than my Spanish because you seem to be able to overcome the fear of speaking and getting things wrong. Amazing!

[@AS-cc4nc]

I know that feeling you described! Sometimes when I'm half asleep or in my dreams my brain keeps on repeating or generating words and sentences in my target language and it's so exhausting!

[@marryrosse1519]

เก่งมากๆเลยค่ะ, เป็นกำลังใจให้นะคะ. You are very awesome 👍. I will support you. I'm so glad you like our language. Thank u. [Sorry, my English so bad. ]

[@panotch]

Your pronunciation is great for just 20 hours! You might find surprising similarity between Thai and Korean number 3-10 . Their pronunciation is very similar and they probably come from the same Chinese root. But for names of months and days you would just have to remember.

[@fin4789]

stop… I’m so impressed!!!! 20 HOURS?! And that’s like a whole paragraph of intro🥺❤️

[@kotorilvnyu8315]

10:50 Hello, from Thailand. The names of Thai months are derived from the names of the zodiac in Indian texts. Therefore, there must be a suffix to the name of the zodiac for the name of the month(-ayon , -akom, -apan). It's very difficult for foreigners to remember. If you read that Mok-ka-ra is just a zodiac name. If you try to read the full month names like มกราคม(Mok-ka-ra-kom) or January, กุมภาพันธ์(Kum-pa-pan) or February, เมษายน(May-sa-yon) or April, Thai people will know how many days in a month.(yon=30, kom=31, pan=28-29) However, Thai people don't like to say their full names. I just want to talk a little knowledge.😀

[@MrsSiri-ts4fd]

Omg, I'm so delighted and impressed with your accent in Thai language. To be honest, I smiled while watching your speech because you use time to learn Thai language for just 20 hrs, but you speak so well. I'm extremely impressed. Send love from Thailand❤

[@lula2717]

I remember how when I first started studying korean I was so motivated by your progress it made me want to speak and learn the language better. Surprisingly I was never interested in how the thai language sounded at first, but now that I have gotten to know it better it just sounds amazing . I wonder why I never took in the challenge to learn such a beautiful language before. Thank you for always being an inspiration❤

[@KravistDillonT]

As someone who wants to learn Thai in the not too distant future (other languages right now that are too difficult to add to) and has heard how terribly difficult Thai is, this gives me inspiration 😊 you’re doing AWESOME!!

[@lilyrosepunkunicorm9871]

!!!!!!!!The Active Thai worksheet looks similar to the booklets I had to do in primary school when I was being taught the English alphabet!!!!!!!! Edit: Spelling.

[@danielleng3900]

Oh....!!!😲 the Thai language has a lot of khmer 🇰🇭 words and some are really similar 😳 I'm Cambodian so if I were want to learn Thai it's would be easier for me ☺️ and Thai vowels used khmer's vowels so I wouldn't have anything problem learn the alphabet at all🤭

[@pilipdasamattanawin1058]

Your Thai handwriting is super cute!

[@Ichbinderhammer1]

this is incredible , i think you can speak thai in one week

[@sizwekoomtheMc]

You just inspired me, I am going to attempt my Afrikaans. You are truly an inspiration, language learning is a great brain activity

[@cookiewithoutraisins]

The "I'm learning Thai in a hot coffee" reminds me so much of the top sentence my students say when they learn about Polish grammatical cases and verb conjugations... Every single one of them said "I'm a bread" at some point

[@LindieBotes]

That is so cute!

[@mandiepitre8063]

Aww, this is so cool! I was wondering if you were going to go to Thailand! Excited to see/hear about your trip during/after it! Enjoy your time there and get some rest ❤️

[@alltheworldsastage6308]

I feel like your level after 20 hours of learning Thai is a lot higher than my level after I studied Thai for 20 hours. Also, time and the months are the hardest for me to remember too. Glad to hear you’re coming to Thailand! I live just across the river in Laos and love it here.

[@corgisrule21]

I saw your videos about when you were 2.5 hrs into Thai and you sound like me every time a new word/grammar point is introduced in Korean 🤣🤣🤣🤣 You’re doing great! Love it!❤️❤️

[@borahebangtan]

lindie, you're so freaking COOL every time i see you, oof- i truly wish you the best in all your endeavours

[@LaurenAngela_aufDeutsch]

I can’t wait!!! I am a big fan of yours Lindie 🤗🤗🤗 always rooting for you and being inspired by your language journey!!

[@sebbyboi4255]

U r the best ployglot by MILES

[@gonghardcore]

I am so impressed. I am Thai. Totally understand what you are talking.

[@jasereid647]

If that’s 20 hours then i take my hat off to you. I’m impressed. I’m 3 years in now learning but no way was I near you after 20 hours. I had hello, thank you and excuse me. I stumbled across your video whilst finishing another and i see this was posted 3 months ago. I must seek out your latest video and see how you are progressing today.

[@isabelgraciano9282]

This is so amazing and encouraging, I also use toggl to track my progress in korean, and even though I have studied for 100+ hours I still can't say that many words as you, you so good and very inspirational Lindie! ❣

[@Szandrie]

I'm so impressed with how persistent you are. I'm half Thai and have forgotten a lot of the language. I understand everything you said but if I were to say what you said in Thai it would not go that fluently hehe

[@pierreabbat6157]

I once made a joke in Spanish on one of Superholly's videos, to which she answered "555+". I knew what that meant, but had no idea why she said it that way. In her next video she talked with her brother about life in Thailand.

[@narumons]

Good job! This is amazing after only 20 hours! Actually you don’t have to say กาแฟ when ordering coffee. Just say (เอา)ลาเต้เย็นค่ะ. Add ค่ะ at the end of every sentence and you won’t have to be worrying abt being rude.

[@narumons]

And enjoy your trip in bangkok. There’re a lot of amazing cafes!

[@ellicedart]

Your progress is super inspiring, thank you for the update! I feel like you might have mentioned this in another video, but do you keep and look back on old notebooks? I’m always torn between keeping quick, rough notes vs keeping really neat notes that are easy to re-read but take ages to make

[@inkfade4281]

I would be interested in a video about this! Maybe to see how Lindie's note-taking has changed over the years, or if she transfers information from old notebooks into new ones, etc. Personally, I use a couple of notebooks for learning Spanish and I don't worry about what order I go in, where I left off last time, etc. My plan is to, once these are filled, flip through them and find things I am still not confident on and transfer them in an orderly way into my new notebook.

[@hananabi5218]

ทุกครั้งที่ได้ดูวิดิโอของคุณ ฉันประทับใจในสิ่งที่คุณกำลังทำมากๆ เรียนภาษาใหม่ๆต้องใช้ความสม่ำเสมอ ซึ่งฉันทำไม่ได้เลย การได้ดูสิ่งที่คุณทำ ทำให้ฉันอยากพัฒนาการเรียนภาษาของฉันเช่นกันค่ะ

[@wiputjat]

There are suffixes for months if year in Thai -คม for 31 days months -ยน for 30 days months -พันธ์ for Feb All the months name can be shorten to refer to zodiacs. E.g., ธันวา -> ธนู / มิถุนา->เมถุน

[@Szandrie]

You're so good!!!

[@blueprintsymphonic]

You inspire me

[@picopicante9638]

At first I was encouraged, but now I’m jealous. Haha Back to studying for me.

[@ulicec]

I love these authentic videos 🥰

[@studyberry9029]

So excited for and proud of you Lindie!

[@CetanaTey]

as Thai is tonal language, there's a huge learning curve to pronounce it properly, have fun 555

[@TaylorCoulon]

I love how you showed us how you are trying to speak Thai. You are such an inspiration!

[@raquelsospedra51298]

You're amazing!!!!!!!!!

[@CrisTryingToBeProductive]

I think one of the most exciting things of learning is to force your brain to remember and be aware of your own mistakes and realized how much you actually know. Thanks for sharing Lindie.

[@AndyGneiss]

Have a wonderful trip! And thanks for the peek into your beginner level Thai.

[@saijalkumari7762]

Lots of love💝lindie

[@rainyday2507]

You are amazing!!!! your pronunciation is very clear and easy to understand. This is such an inspiring video! 😍😍😍

[@mangomaster09]

This is awesome

[@Szandrie]

Thai language fun fact: the number 5 in Thai is "hâa" so instead of writing "hahaha" laughing online you could write 555

[@bineo18]

I’m always so fascinated to see foreigners learn Thai since it’s so so so so hard-and that’s coming from a native 🥹 สู้ ๆ นะคะ ❤️‍🔥 soo soo naka!! ps. if you want to order something ‘เอาอันนี้ค่ะ’ /au an ní: kâ/ and pointing to the menu is ok!! and if you want to be more polite, I think you can replace /au/ with ขอ (khõ khor aaa I can’t type the right symbol here but it’s the same syllable as ‘warm’ ‘cord’ in English) ❣️

[@souichi7910]

Love your vids I love how Thai sounds it’s so beautiful!!🤭🫶

[@Xilent99]

Nice to see your effort and your result of learning Thai, hopefully you continue creating content about Thai language after your trip, it keeps me motivated as well :)

[@MH-cw6qn]

Im impressed

[@spykomiam5847]

Thanks for showing your honest journey with Thai language, you’re really inspiring ^^ wish you a safe and happy travel 🧳

[@p3757]

This is super helpful to see 🥺 I need to keep my expectations realistic as i learn, thank you for sharing your experience!

[@Lanatje]

You're amazing! thanks for showing your real progress. It motivates and inspires me to learn more of my target language and worry less about things I may not get right yet now❤

[@pattiyamalik7624]

You are really goood!!

[@deutschmitpurple2918]

Thank you for sharing this fantastic video. I am so happy to watch them

[@jinjannnnn]

Lindie พูดภาษาไทยเก่งมากเลยยย 💕💕

[@ReRaHanazono]

Since you started doing videos about Thai I looked more into the language and not gonna lie I had to put it into my list of languages I'm learning in this lifetime because it is so cool of a language (just have to master my Afrikaans and Korean first) Your videos are always an inspiration even if they are about a language that I'm not personally interested in (especially considering that it can change at any moment since languages easily rub off on me haha). Thank you

[@eeerrrieee8170]

Lindie, I recently discovered your channel, and because of you I decided to go back to language learning! You're truly inspring❤Thanks for sharing your progress ❣

[@MarkusBlue]

Looking forward to a "2023 Language Goals" update video!

[@fal8_]

Keep up this type of progress videos, they are amazing and we can relate to them.

[@asdfghjkllkjhgfdsa1]

Thank you for sharing your progress with us! It is very inspiring to know that it is not all easy peasy lemon squeezy to start from scratch when learning a language(or almost anythig).

[@jasminedubois6711]

That was amazing for 20 hours. I've loved watching your progress in this language. Keep it up.

[@whitneyle5731]

It’s so fun watching your progress! I dabbled a bit in Thai this year and it is a beast! I’m sure the locals will love your efforts! Enjoy Thailand!!

[@KeolaDonaghy]

Funny, as soon as you started speaking Thai, Bixby (on my Android phone) woke up and said "I don't understand that." Strange coincidence. I don't even use Bixby. Appreciate you sharing your challenges as well as your successes.

[@nawa7739]

You speak good thai and clear pronunciation

[@jaydegoodson3443]

I’ve been learning Thai for a month and your still better

[@petes.p.6293]

You’re great. Big support from me.🎉🎉🎉

[@tanbanhchea3625]

เก่งมากเลยค่ะ สู้ ๆ นะคะ

[@kastanie7445]

Your language progress updates in Thai are so impressive and also fun to watch! And motivational, they always make me even more excited to continue on with my own language journey (Polish)

[@Holae1234]

You are amazing. From 🇹🇭

[@a.t2032]

esto me da mucha motivacion para seguir aprendiendo thai :) habia abandonado hace unos meses y ahora que tambien estoy volviendo a ver contenido thai, quiero mas todavia. sos una genia.

[@gabrielfreire6438]

Recently I've started to learn mandarin (It's been some months now) and I felt the same way (with random chinese words just popping into my head while I was trying to sleep), got to the point where I had to speed down the process, but it kinda hyped me so much on continuing learning the language. Your videos are incredible s2

[@jimbagsh9569]

Safe travels and enjoy yourself. It is a wonderful country and the people are sooooo nice.

[@eundongpark1672]

this is SO COOL! you make me want to have a go at Thai. I'm completely committed to learning Korean but I'm so curious about tones. Also, I totally feel you on the difficulty of numbers. I can generally understand them at a slow pace, like the pace of writing and reading, but I'm hopeless at the speed of hearing and speaking them. Something interesting that has happened to me after taking a pretty long break from Spanish (I'd reached a solid B2), I seem to be understanding numbers much better than before, as if the knowledge has become more integrated into my knowledge.

[@NP-wy3vw]

Thank you for sharing your process with us! Your learning journey is always a delight to see. Your thai is really impressive with just 20 hours especially the conjunction word. Thai month's name come from Zodiac and the day of the week come from the name of the planets, the sun and the moon. So the name kinda mouthful but at least it's like learning different thing in one go. I hope you will enjoy your trip in thai! Can't wait to see how you like it here.

[@Hackbridge1963]

Well done! You're an inspiration whatever language people are leaning. Will you meet Paddy Thai? 😁 Have a safe trip 🙏🏽🇬🇧

[@attachaiseesaengsai7139]

พี่ลินดี้เก่งมากๆ เลย

[@SyspheanScholar]

Nice job Lindie!! You've accomplished a lot in a short time!! Please enjoy Bangkok! You're going to love it.

[@pongsapuk807]

you speak thai very well.

[@jacobaeden]

love it. coffee pronunciation/tone sounds closer to mandarin than thai, i's hard when there's loan words and tone. i think you've learnt more than what i learnt in a 3-hour thai level 1 in uni

[@faye7798]

SO refreshing to see a video like this! To see a genuine progress video of your Thai so far and not “I’ve been learning for 20 hours and now I’m fluent” (like a lot of polyglot KZbinrs 😂). Thanks for sharing this Lindie!

[@mgn2949]

Amazing, you have an incredible memory….it shows! Expert language learner/polyglot. Thanks 👋👍

[@stefaniasomfai6619]

Interesting, sweet and inspiring as always! Also, I keep wondering where you get your unique notebooks and other pieces of language learning equipment haha. Can you maybe recommend an online store? (:

[@__miumiu__]

ขอบคุณที่สนใจในภาษาไทยนะคะ คุณเก่งมากๆ พยายามต่อไปนะคะ

[@marcio..]

Try watch a few series in thai, there are lots of series, kimposhe, triage, 2gether, they are amazing 😍😍

[@cheerfulturtlegirl]

It is so cool to see your progress in your languages! It is really inspiring me to get out of my comfort zone and stop being so shy lol. Have you ever read part of the Bible in any of the languages you have studied? Or any of your favorite books translated into your target language? That is something I would love to do once I build up my reading skill level. Thank you for the work you put into your videos! This is my favorite language channel on KZbin. God bless you!

[@MM-yk7xs]

Have a nice trip! How long will you stay in Thailand? I've been there twice on vacation and loved it.

[@ritishabalwanti2573]

20 hours and you are already speaking so fast and well. I have been learning for almost 7 months but still trying to understand tones. You are also attending classes and I am not at all attending any classes so I understand my progress. BTW excited means teun-taen, thanks to Thai dramas I know that

[@neoblack894]

คุณเก่งมาก มีแบบแผนตั้งใจมากเลยนะนั่น ออกเสียง ร. ได้เป็นธรรมชาติ คำและประโยคไทยมันดิ้นได้ (สามารถใช้แทนกันได้แล้วแต่สถานการณ์ เช่น ตามที่คุณบอกจะสั่งกาแฟลาเต้หวาน15% นั้น ก็ให้คิดแบบง่ายๆ ไม่ต้องสนใจศัพท์มากนัก " ฉัน(ไม่ต้อง ฉัน ก็ได้ เรียบง่ายสบายๆ) ขอ (เอา ก็ได้) กาแฟลาเต้เย็นหวานน้อย หรือ หวานนิดหน่อย , เข่มๆหวานน้อย ... " ไม่ต้องบอกว่าใส่น้ำแข็ง เค้าให้เป็นปรกติครับ เมืองไทยร้อน (ผิดปรกติคือไม่ใส่น้ำแข็ง แล้วมันจะเย็นได้ไง) ขอให้สนุกกับการท่องเที่ยวไทยนะครับ ช่วงนี้ไทยร้อนมากรักษาสุขภาพด้วย บายยยยย

[@Surgehero5136]

It’s just a recommendation but another good channel along with Banana Thai on KZbin is :Comprehensible Thai , I find their videos enjoyable and I learn a lot. You did good by the way, keep it up lindie!

[@virginiafc4265]

I am studying Thai too 🇹🇭❤️ I have 2 caligraphy notebooks for writing the alphabet and a book called Thai for Beginners. I also want to do a course from Banana Thai the next year. I can't speak as well as you do 🙈😅😅🤯 please upload more videos about your Thai learning process 🙏 they ' re very helpful. You are very hard-working 💚 I recommend you the GMMTV YT channel if you want to watch Thai series, F4 Thailand is one of my favorites. Greetings from Spain 🇪🇦